casamtb

thanks for clarifying. Was looking at these and TF obviously. The pricing makes more sense since the progrip a also come with new pads

Rednroll

This is true in that pads can use different materials to increase stopping power. To eliminate the marketing confusion out of it of special formulations, since all manufacturers of brake pads have special formulations, they are typically given a coefficient of friction rating after going through SAE testing.

There are 2 ways to increase the stopping power with brake pads.
1. Increase the surface area. (not done with the Progrip BBK pads as noted since they use the stock calipers)
2. Make them of materials with a higher coefficient of friction. (Most likely what is increasing braking ability)

Can you share what the DOT coefficient of friction letters are on the Progrip pads?

Also, I need to note that while increased coefficient of frictions are great for increased stopping power, it doesn't come at zero costs. Typically, the higher the coefficient of friction of pads, they then wear faster, they also put much more wear on the rotors, additionally causing the rotors to wear faster, and tend to have more brake dust and are noisy.

Rednroll

For anyone who is interested in learning more about how your brake system works, this video breaks down the components of a brake system pretty well and explains what they do and how they work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LadAY8DbX34 Starting at 1:58, it demonstrates the Hydraulic portion of the interaction between the Master cylinder and the Brake caliper pistons. It makes it easier to understand what you gain when you go to a larger caliper.



In most all brake systems, the caliper piston is a larger diameter than the diameter of the Master Cylinder. Thus, there is a mechanical advantage taking place where there is an increase in pressure force applied to the caliper pistons. See the bottom caliper Piston which is larger than the diameter of the MC, and it shows 900N of force is delivered when the same 600N of force is applied at the MC. Thus, when you go to a larger caliper you increase the pressure placed on the caliper piston, to something that is higher than the stock caliper. However, what you should also notice is that it takes more travel of your foot to push that larger caliper piston out, and also takes more fluid to be present in the MC, to be able to fill the larger caliper piston so that it applies that force on to the brake pad and rotor. So to compensate for that, the MC size is also increased to better match the increase in caliper size. Thus, the reason the Mopar kit includes a larger replacement MC. The larger MC increases the amount of fluid that is present and increases the pressure that is generated in the left cylinder in the diagram. So in that diagram example that force goes from 600N, to something larger than 600N. The brake booster is between your floor pedal and the plunger on the MC, that gets pushed on the MC to exert that initial force. Since the amount of force in the MC increased, and if you used the stock booster, it will require you to push harder with your leg to push that MC plunger forward. To take care of that, the Mopar kit added a larger brake booster which adds additional mechanical advantage leverage, so the larger MC no longer requires you to push harder with your leg. The overall net result, is more pressure is applied to Piston calipers, but no negative impact of having to push harder and further with your leg.

Like nthinuf mentions, there are multiple methods being discussed of increasing braking power. I'ld further break them down as such.
1. Increasing Rotor size.
2. Increasing the coefficient of friction of the brake pad material
3. Increasing the surface area of the brake pad.
4. Increasing the Hydraulic Force applied to the brake pads and rotors.

The Dynatrac Progrip BBK system, adds more stopping power by using items 1&2 on the front and rears.

The Mopar BBK uses items 1, 3, & 4 on the front and item #4 on the rears.

So to say the Mopar kit ignores the rears, is not correct. What I additionally did when installing the Mopar kit, was that I replaced the rear pads with a set that increases the coefficient of friction which then adds item #2 of additional stopping power to the Mopar kit. If I need more braking power, I could also replace the pads in the front with a pad which has a higher coefficient of friction which would give me items 1,2,3,&4 for the front which is a much more simpler of an upgrade path than trying to later add a replacement MC, Calipers, booster and larger pads which would be the next steps that would be needed if you needed further braking performance increases on the Progrip BBK. The benefit of the Progrip system, is in the initial install of re-using the stock hydraulic components, and adding items 1&2 to the rears. Dynatrac, will gladly tell you about those advantages and many may be happy with that solution. What they don't tell you about are the potential negative aspects. Who does? Listen to any vendor and their solution is always just peaches and cream. The negative aspects of their BBK solution will be that it tends to have more associated wear on the rotors and pads, as well as more potential associated noise and dust, and that if you find yourself in a situation for a need of more braking power capability, then you're looking at other options to address items 3 & 4. Like lifts, no BBK is perfect out of the box. I just preferred to go with one, that put me more on the path towards being the more complete solution and btw, cost less for my initial investment, cost less for the replacement parts that typically wear out on a brake system, and cost less for further upgrade options. YMMV.